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cheese

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« on: 12 May 2004, 02:16 »
how do i do it? thanks

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« Reply #1 on: 12 May 2004, 03:42 »
quote:
Originally posted by blackh@t:
how do i do it? thanks


This works rather stupid in RH/Fedora.

press:
Ctrl-Alt-F3.
Login as root.(you might have to do this twice)
Type:
init3

This will finally close X11.

To restart X11, type:
startx

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« Reply #2 on: 12 May 2004, 05:15 »
i logged in as root and whatnot and i tried init3 but it said invalid command or something like that   :(

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« Reply #3 on: 12 May 2004, 05:19 »
He means
init 3
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« Reply #4 on: 12 May 2004, 06:22 »
still saying command not found :-/

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« Reply #5 on: 12 May 2004, 07:48 »
quote:
Originally posted by blackh@t:
still saying command not found :-/


Ok it's not in the path... likely meaning you used
Code: [Select]
instead of
Code: [Select]
or logging in directly as root.

Use
Code: [Select]
or give the full path, i.e.
Code: [Select]
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« Reply #6 on: 12 May 2004, 10:00 »
ooh ok, thanks a bunch  

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« Reply #7 on: 14 May 2004, 20:39 »
If you can't get init3 to work, search out the pid and kill it.

$ps -ae | grep X

$kill [pid]
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« Reply #8 on: 17 May 2004, 04:31 »
quote:
Originally posted by ThePreacher:
If you can't get init3 to work, search out the pid and kill it.

$ps -ae | grep X

$kill [pid]



Very true, if you are not running a graphical login manager (xdm, gdm, kdm).  Killing the X process will just cause the manager to spawn a new one.  If one is not running a graphical login manager, the X process can be also killed with CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE.
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